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Anne Hathaway: ‘Male energy is very different from toxic masculinity’https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/20/anne-hathaway-male-energy-different-from-toxic-masculinity-colossal
<p>In Colossal she plays a drunk drifter. Which will make good preparation for her Plan B in life …</p><p><strong>Hi, Anne. Your weird </strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/10/colossal-review-anne-hathaways-madcap-monster-movie-plays-it-too-safe" title=""><strong>new monster film, Colossal</strong></a><strong>, sees you playing another drunk drifter. You got an Oscar nomination for a similar character in</strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jan/23/rachel-getting-married-film-review-anne-hathaway" title=""><strong> Rachel Getting Married</strong></a><strong>. What is it about them that appeals?</strong></p><p>I have met a lot of addicts in my life who I have a lot of tender affection for.&nbsp;I love when stories present the opportunity to take groups that have been stigmatised or judged and then show the human side. I always look at them and think, “That’s me in there,” on some level.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/20/anne-hathaway-male-energy-different-from-toxic-masculinity-colossal">Continue reading...</a>Anne HathawayFilmCultureLes MiserablesThe Dark Knight RisesGhostbusters (2016)OscarsAwards and prizesThu, 20 Oct 2016 16:10:39 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/20/anne-hathaway-male-energy-different-from-toxic-masculinity-colossalPhotograph: Walker/Variety/REX/ShutterstockPhotograph: Walker/Variety/REX/ShutterstockBenjamin Lee2016-10-20T16:10:39ZWhy Daniel Radcliffe and Anne Hathaway should think twice about returning to past glorieshttps://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/sep/12/daniel-radcliffe-anne-hathaway-past-glories-harry-potter-catwoman
<p>The Harry Potter star has refused to rule out resurrecting the Boy Who Lived, while Hathaway is keen to pull on Catwoman’s leathers once more. Both should proceed with caution</p><p>When a 53-year-old Sean Connery resurrected the role of James Bond in 1983 after a 12-year break, even the title of the movie in which the debonaire Scotsman strapped on his Walther PPK and took on the forces of Spectre one last time seemed to hint at the project’s questionable nature. Never Say Never Again turned out to be a decent enough revival for Connery; certainly preferable to Octopussy, the official Eon-produced Bond film that emerged the same year with an even older Roger Moore as 007. But the history of Hollywood icons digging up the roles that made them famous and applying spark plugs hasn’t always been as laudable.</p><p>Harrison Ford gave <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/star-wars-episode-vii">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a> a kind of gnarly, yet soulful gravitas last year as the returning space scoundrel Han Solo. But he wasn’t quite so good when nuking the fridge in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Sylvester Stallone won widespread praise, and an Oscar nomination, for his return to the role of aged blue-collar brawler Rocky Balboa in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/creed">Creed</a>, but fans of the one-time heavyweight champ had to sit through at least three featherweight Rocky instalments before being treated to one last knockout uppercut.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/17/-sp-daniel-radcliffe-speculating-sexuality-harry-potter">Daniel Radcliffe: ‘If people are speculating about your sexuality, then you’re doing OK’</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/02/anne-hathaway-five-best-moments">Anne Hathaway: five best moments</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/sep/12/daniel-radcliffe-anne-hathaway-past-glories-harry-potter-catwoman">Continue reading...</a>FilmCultureHarry PotterScience fiction and fantasyThe Dark Knight RisesDC ComicsBooksAnne HathawayDaniel RadcliffeHarry Potter and the Cursed ChildStageMon, 12 Sep 2016 15:47:56 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/sep/12/daniel-radcliffe-anne-hathaway-past-glories-harry-potter-catwomanComposite: Warner Bros/Everett/REX ShutterstockComposite: Warner Bros/Everett/REX ShutterstockBen Child2016-09-12T15:47:56ZColossal review – Anne Hathaway's madcap monster movie plays it too safehttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/10/colossal-review-anne-hathaways-madcap-monster-movie-plays-it-too-safe
<p>A compellingly odd premise about a woman who develops a psychic connection with a monster rampaging through South Korea is ultimately just not quite odd enough</p><p>To call Colossal tonally uneven would perhaps be missing the entire point of Colossal. For months now, the staggeringly odd premise has been the source of feverish online discussion and intense confusion. She did what? And has a what? But how could that? The answers are here and, well, they’re far from befitting of that title ...</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/08/the-magnificent-seven-review-denzel-washington-chris-pratt-antoine-fuqua-toronto-film-festival-tiff">The Magnificent Seven review: moderate remake opens 41st Toronto film festival</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/08/snowden-amanda-knox-deepwater-horizon-true-stories-41st-toronto-film-festival-tiff">Snowden to Amanda Knox: true stories set to make headlines at Toronto film festival</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/10/colossal-review-anne-hathaways-madcap-monster-movie-plays-it-too-safe">Continue reading...</a>Toronto film festival 2016FilmCultureAnne HathawaySat, 10 Sep 2016 01:00:17 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/10/colossal-review-anne-hathaways-madcap-monster-movie-plays-it-too-safePhotograph: Cate Cameron/ColossalPhotograph: Cate Cameron/ColossalBenjamin Lee2016-09-10T01:00:17ZAnne Hathaway to star in film adaptation of Live Fast Die Hothttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/30/anne-hathaway-to-star-in-film-adaptation-of-live-fast-die-hot
<p>Comic book by Jenny Mollen about facing up to the responsibilities of parenting is set to star Hathaway, one of many forthcoming projects for the actor</p><p>Anne Hathaway is set to star in a film adaptation of <a href="http://knopfdoubleday.com/book/529758/live-fast-die-hot/">Live Fast Die Hot</a>, a bestselling essay collection about motherhood and responsibility by humorist Jenny Mollen. </p><p>In the book Mollen, who writes about inviting her drug dealer to Passover seder to prevent him feeling left out, describes her attempts to become more responsible after she and her husband, Jason Biggs, were joined by their son, Sid. It was described by publisher Doubleday as “heartfelt and devastatingly honest”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/30/anne-hathaway-to-star-in-film-adaptation-of-live-fast-die-hot">Continue reading...</a>Anne HathawayCultureFilmBiopicsTue, 30 Aug 2016 16:54:58 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/30/anne-hathaway-to-star-in-film-adaptation-of-live-fast-die-hotPhotograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersPhotograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersHenry Barnes and agencies2016-08-30T16:54:58ZRihanna and Anne Hathaway to join 'all-female Ocean's Eleven' casthttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/10/rihanna-anne-hathaway-all-female-oceans-eleven-cast-sandra-bullock-cate-blanchett
<p>The crime caper, titled Ocean’s Eight, will also star Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Helena Bonham Carter</p><p>Rihanna and Anne Hathaway are set to join the all-female lineup of an Ocean’s Eleven spin-off.</p><p><a href="http://deadline.com/2016/08/oceans-eight-rihanna-anne-hathaway-sandra-bullock-cate-blanchett-awkwafina-helena-bonham-carter-mindy-kaling-1201801342/">According to Deadline</a>, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling and rapper and actor Awkwafina are also close to signing on to the crime comedy. Awkwafina, also known as Nora Lum, was recently seen in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/04/bad-neighbours-2-review-zac-efron-seth-rogen-film-sequel">Bad Neighbours 2</a>. They will join Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett, who were already attached.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/30/sandra-bullock-to-lead-new-all-female-oceans-eleven-movie">Sandra Bullock 'to lead new all-female Ocean's Eleven movie'</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/10/rihanna-anne-hathaway-all-female-oceans-eleven-cast-sandra-bullock-cate-blanchett">Continue reading...</a>Anne HathawayRihannaFilmCultureSandra BullockCate BlanchettHelena Bonham CarterOcean's ElevenWed, 10 Aug 2016 16:16:11 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/10/rihanna-anne-hathaway-all-female-oceans-eleven-cast-sandra-bullock-cate-blanchettComposite: Reuters/APComposite: Reuters/APBenjamin Lee2016-08-10T16:16:11ZToronto film festival adds Anne Hathaway monster movie to lineuphttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/09/toronto-film-festival-anne-hathaway-lineup
<p>Colossal will receive its world premiere, along with Ben Wheatley’s 1970s thriller Free Fire and a new Amanda Knox documentary</p><p>Anne Hathaway’s sci-fi thriller Colossal will receive its world premiere at this year’s Toronto film festival.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/26/toronto-film-festival-line-up-snowden-denial-the-journey">Toronto film festival taps into Snowden and keeps it current with Denial and The Journey</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/26/toronto-film-festival-2016-full-line-up">Toronto film festival 2016: full line-up</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/09/toronto-film-festival-anne-hathaway-lineup">Continue reading...</a>Toronto film festival 2016FilmCultureAnne HathawayBen WheatleyToronto film festivalFestivalsTue, 09 Aug 2016 14:10:48 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/09/toronto-film-festival-anne-hathaway-lineupPhotograph: PAPhotograph: PABenjamin Lee2016-08-09T14:10:48ZTaylor Swift's 'downfall': what the online celebrations really say | Bridie Jabourhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/18/taylor-swift-kanye-west-kim-kardashian-west-famous-reaction
<p>Gleeful celebrations of singer supposedly being brought low by video released by Kim Kardashian West speak volumes about attitudes to successful women</p><p>RIP Taylor Swift: buried by Kim Kardashian West on 18 July. Or so those gleefully celebrating the supposed downfall of megastar Swift want the obituary to go.</p><p>Many hundreds of thousands people seem to have been waiting for this moment for years: Swift’s pedestal has begun to crumble beneath her feat. The unstoppable force of her success combined with her image management has met – with a thundering crash – the immoveable object that is the Kardashian publicity-generating machine.</p><p><em>Taylor Swift is so annoying; she is the next Anne Hathaway.</em></p><p><em>Taylor Swift’s’s 4 July party was a “self-loving, narcissistic shriekfest”.</em></p><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Taylor Swift is that girl everyone wants at first before realizing that she's literally a psychopath <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KimExposedTaylorParty?src=hash">#KimExposedTaylorParty</a></p><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/KimKardashian">@KimKardashian</a> I have never loved you so much...I never thought I'd say this, but thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KimExposedTaylorParty?src=hash">#KimExposedTaylorParty</a></p><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Finally someone stood up to her <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KimExposedTaylorParty?src=hash">#KimExposedTaylorParty</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/18/taylor-swift-kanye-west-kim-kardashian-west-famous-reaction">Continue reading...</a>Taylor SwiftMusicCultureTom HiddlestonKanye WestKim KardashianCalvin HarrisJennifer LawrenceAnne HathawayMon, 18 Jul 2016 07:25:59 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/18/taylor-swift-kanye-west-kim-kardashian-west-famous-reactionPhotograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty ImagesBridie Jabour2016-07-18T07:25:59ZAnne Hathaway appointed as latest UN women's goodwill ambassadorhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/15/anne-hathaway-united-nations-women-goodwill-ambassador
<p>The actor joins Nicole Kidman and Emma Watson as the latest celebrity entrusted with advocating on behalf of women’s rights with the United Nations</p><p>Anne Hathaway is the latest Hollywood figure to be appointed by the United Nations as a global goodwill ambassador to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. The Oscar-winning actor joins Nicole Kidman, Emma Watson and <a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en/partnerships/goodwill-ambassadors/princess-bajrakitiyabha">Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand</a> as fellow women’s goodwill ambassadors. </p><p>Hathaway has been brought on board to shed a spotlight on what UN Women’s executive director, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/nov/13/phumzile-mlambo-ngcuka-violence-women-un">Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka</a>, described in a <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8b57db89c56a4ea48fcc026aa642b621/actress-anne-hathaway-named-goodwill-ambassador-un-women">statement</a> as the “motherhood penalty”.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/06/anne-hathaway-to-play-air-force-pilot-in-drones-drama">Anne Hathaway to play air force pilot in drones drama</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/15/anne-hathaway-united-nations-women-goodwill-ambassador">Continue reading...</a>Anne HathawayUnited NationsFilmWorld newsCultureEqualityEqual payWed, 15 Jun 2016 21:08:46 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/15/anne-hathaway-united-nations-women-goodwill-ambassadorPhotograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersPhotograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersNigel M Smith2016-06-15T21:08:46ZAlice Through the Looking Glass review – large as life and twice as phoneyhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/26/alice-through-the-looking-glass-review
<p>Helena Bonham Carter has fun as the Red Queen, but this ignores Lewis Carroll in favour of machine-tooled CGI fantasy fare with a tiresome Johnny Depp</p><p>A boisterous turn from Helena Bonham Carter as the pugnacious Red Queen saves this Alice sequel from flatlining utterly. Using only the title and some characters from Lewis Carroll’s own 1871 sequel – in fact called Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There – this new movie is just machine-tooled CGI fantasy fare. We start in the real world, where Alice (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/mia-wasikowska">Mia Wasikowska</a>) is a daring sea captain who is threatened with betrayal by the corporate landlubbers who own her ship. So she escapes through a mirror in the proprietor’s mansion and finds herself slap bang in Wonderland again. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/26/alice-through-the-looking-glass-review">Continue reading...</a>Alice Through the Looking GlassFilmCultureMia WasikowskaJohnny DeppAnne HathawayHelena Bonham CarterFamilyDramaLewis CarrollThu, 26 May 2016 22:00:14 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/26/alice-through-the-looking-glass-reviewPhotograph: Peter Mountain/APPhotograph: Peter Mountain/APPeter Bradshaw2016-05-26T22:00:14ZThe Hathawaissance and Florence Foster Jenkins reviewed - the Dailies film podcasthttps://www.theguardian.com/film/audio/2016/may/06/the-hathawaissance-and-florence-foster-jenkins-reviewed-the-dailies-film-podcast
<p>The Guardian film team’s round-up of Friday’s movie news</p><p>Your daily update of the latest news and reviews from the Guardian film team. Now showing: Anne Hathaway might be on the verge of a comeback with an eclectic set of films on the way plus we review Meryl Streep as Florence Foster Jenkins.</p><p>Follow us on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/guardianfilm ">GuardianFilm</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/HenryHBarnes">Henry</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/benfraserlee">Ben</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/catherineshoard">Catherine</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/andrew_pulver">Andrew</a> and producer <a href="https://twitter.com/kjcallin">Katie</a>) and check out our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/guardianfilm">Facebook page</a>. Comment on the show below.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/audio/2016/may/06/the-hathawaissance-and-florence-foster-jenkins-reviewed-the-dailies-film-podcast">Continue reading...</a>FilmFlorence Foster JenkinsAnne HathawayMeryl StreepHugh GrantFri, 06 May 2016 12:56:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/audio/2016/may/06/the-hathawaissance-and-florence-foster-jenkins-reviewed-the-dailies-film-podcastPhotograph: Jennifer Graylock/FilmMagicPhotograph: Jennifer Graylock/FilmMagicPresented by Benjamin Lee with Catherine Shoard and produced by Katie Callin2016-05-06T12:56:00ZAnne Hathaway to play air force pilot in drones dramahttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/06/anne-hathaway-to-play-air-force-pilot-in-drones-drama
<p>Oscar-winning actor will reprise lead role in a film version of off-Broadway play Grounded</p><p>Anne Hathaway will reprise the role of a US air force pilot tasked with operating an unmanned drone in a film version of Grounded, a play she appeared in off-Broadway. The Oscar winner for Les Misérables will also produce the picture, according to <a href="http://variety.com/2016/film/news/anne-hathaway-drone-movie-grounded-1201767579/">Variety</a>.</p><p>Julie Taymor directed Hathaway in the 2015 production of the play by George Brant. No director has yet been locked for the film adaptation. </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/apr/27/grounded-review-anne-hathaway-julie-traymor-public-theater-broadway">Grounded review – Anne Hathaway goes full throttle in one-woman show</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/06/anne-hathaway-to-play-air-force-pilot-in-drones-drama">Continue reading...</a>Anne HathawayFilmDrones (military)CultureWorld newsUS theaterStageFri, 06 May 2016 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/06/anne-hathaway-to-play-air-force-pilot-in-drones-dramaPhotograph: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesNigel M Smith2016-05-06T10:18:00ZEast is eden: the Hollywood hits heading for a Chinese remake – in pictureshttps://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2016/mar/16/east-is-eden-the-hollywood-hits-heading-for-a-chinese-remake-in-pictures
<p>Hollywood studios, including Fox and Warner Brothers, are hoping to crack the quota system by remaking big US hits with a Chinese cast. Here’s a few of the big-hitters that are getting the remake treatment, and the films that have already been given a twist</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2016/mar/16/east-is-eden-the-hollywood-hits-heading-for-a-chinese-remake-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a>FilmCultureChinaWarner BrosAsia PacificWorld newsFilm industryBusinessAdam SandlerDrew BarrymoreBlendedSandra BullockFashionLife and styleAnne HathawayMeryl StreepSidney LumetMusicalsHelen HuntMel GibsonJason StathamCoen brothersWed, 16 Mar 2016 17:53:47 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2016/mar/16/east-is-eden-the-hollywood-hits-heading-for-a-chinese-remake-in-picturesPhotograph: DisneyPhotograph: DisneyHenry Barnes2016-03-16T17:53:47ZBrooklyn; James White; Suffragette; He Named Me Malala; The Intern; Burnt; It Happened One Night – reviewhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/28/brooklyn-james-white-suffragette-burnt-malala-review
<p>Saoirse Ronan shines in a fairytale of New York, Bradley Cooper lays it on a plate – and why the unfancied James White deserves a second look</p><p>Oscar night, in all its pallid, elephantine glory, is upon us, and the best picture race <a href="http://variety.com/2015/film/in-contention/oscars-predictions-best-picture-1201601053/">appears to be a tight one</a> between <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2016/feb/15/why-the-revenant-should-win-best-picture-in-the-2016-oscars-video"><em>The Revenant</em></a>, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2016/feb/18/spotlight-best-picture-2016-oscars-video"><em>Spotlight</em></a> and <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2016/feb/17/the-big-short-best-picture-2016-oscars-video"><em>The Big Short</em></a>. Whichever one wins, it’ll have beaten a superior contender in <strong>Brooklyn </strong>(Lionsgate, 12), John Crowley and <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/nickhornby">Nick Hornby</a>’s gleaming, full-hearted adaptation of the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/colmtoibin">Colm Tóibín</a> novel, a deceptively simple story of physical and psychological resettlement that musters up uncommon generosity toward almost every character. None more so, of course, than <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/saoirse-ronan">Saoirse Ronan</a>’s Eilis, a young Irish immigrant quietly carving her place in the Big Apple, buffeted between that reality and the promise of more complacent happiness back home.</p><p>It’s not a matter of life and death, but the torn life-and-life drama here is no less urgent and moving: this lovely film understands the weight and consequence of practical and romantic decisions we’re forced into when we perhaps haven’t lived enough to make them. Ronan may not win on Sunday, yet this is the besotted showcase her alabaster silent-film features have been waiting for: Eilis’s every thought, her every fear, is written into that extraordinary face.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/28/brooklyn-james-white-suffragette-burnt-malala-review">Continue reading...</a>Saoirse RonanBradley CooperFrank CapraAnne HathawayAbi MorganDramaDocumentaryDVD and video reviewsFilmCultureSun, 28 Feb 2016 06:59:15 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/28/brooklyn-james-white-suffragette-burnt-malala-reviewPhotograph: Allstar/LIONSGATEPhotograph: Allstar/LIONSGATEGuy Lodge2016-02-28T06:59:15ZFirst no shaving, then no booze: now meat and dairy face the chophttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/03/veganuary-stars-sign-up-animal-free-month
Veganuary campaign expects 50,000 people to join the likes of Vivienne Westwood, Romesh Ranganathan and Sara Pascoe for a month free of animal products<p>In the beginning, there was Movember. Then there was Stoptober. Now prepare yourself for Veganuary.</p><p>Those who have overindulged this festive period may be tempted to turn vegan for January. If so, they will not be alone. Organisers of Veganuary, now in its third year, predict that 50,000 people will take part this month, of whom around half will stay vegan.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/03/veganuary-stars-sign-up-animal-free-month">Continue reading...</a>VeganismUK newsVegan food and drinkLife and styleCelebrityFilmGwyneth PaltrowBrad PittAnne HathawayRomesh RanganathanStageSara PascoeVivienne WestwoodFashionSun, 03 Jan 2016 00:05:21 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/03/veganuary-stars-sign-up-animal-free-monthComposite: REX Shutterstock & Graeme RobertsonComposite: REX Shutterstock & Graeme RobertsonJamie Doward2016-01-03T00:05:21ZGstaad's double life: from sleepy resort to billionaire's Christmas playgroundhttps://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/dec/22/gstaad-double-life-switzerland-billionaire-christmas-rich-famous-madonna-weinstein
<p>What do Madonna and Valentino have in common? They spend the holidays at the same exclusive Alpine town, which over nine days in December swells from 7,500 to 30,000 people</p><p>Every year, Maurice Amon, the billionaire head of the banknote security firm Sipca, holds a massive Christmas party in Gstaad, Switzerland: bowls of cigarettes, bottomless champagne, table after table covered in colourful salads, smoked salmon and meat skewers, all perfectly untouched. Last year, Madonna reportedly left the party with her tearful daughter, Lourdes, and a tart message as she departed: “This party isn’t happening.”</p><p>It is not possible to understand Gstaad until you have spent a Christmas season there. The mountain air loses its typical crispness, robbed by the social angst that comes with keeping up with the uber-wealthy. It’s a game of hoping you will not get caught out in the tale of your not-fabulously-rich upbringing. Even the millionaires are adrift in a sea of billionaire guests: the Latsis family of Greek shipping heirs, the American property tycoon André Balzas … They’re all here to do one thing: celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or a non-religious equivalent.</p><p>For hotel staff, who work up to 14 hours a day, Christmas is often celebrated on 28 December</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/dec/16/beyonce-neville-celebrities-cities">From Beyoncé to Gary Neville: what are celebrities doing for their home cities?</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/dec/22/gstaad-double-life-switzerland-billionaire-christmas-rich-famous-madonna-weinstein">Continue reading...</a>CitiesSwitzerlandEuropeWorld newsSwitzerland holidaysEurope holidaysTravelAnne HathawayFilmRoger MooreBrigitte BardotElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonCultureSki resortsChristmasLife and styleTue, 22 Dec 2015 08:00:09 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/dec/22/gstaad-double-life-switzerland-billionaire-christmas-rich-famous-madonna-weinsteinPhotograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyAlexis Anselmo-Khan2015-12-22T08:00:09ZThe Intern review – humdrum dramedyhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/04/the-intern-review-robert-de-niro
<p>Nancy Meyers’s late-life work experience story, starring Robert De Niro, hits the appropriate equal opps notes</p><p>Stories of Robert De Niro baling out of&nbsp;an innocuous <em>Radio Times </em>interview (he complained about the “negative inference” of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/22/robert-de-niro-walks-out-radio-times-interview" title="">Emma Brockes</a>’s questions) suggested that the one-time screen great’s latest vehicle is an embarrassment-causing stinker. Actually, Nancy Meyers’s humdrum dramedy is nothing to get upset about. De Niro plays Ben Whittaker, a 70-year-old widower who lands a late-life internship at an e-commerce company run by Anne Hathaway’s harassed but successful Jules Ostin. So basically it’s The Devil Wears Prada: Next Generation – The Nicer Years. Ben is full of old-school wisdom (“always carry a handkerchief”) and soon becomes Jules’s confidant as a work/life crisis beckons and marital discord looms. Meyers’s screenplay makes all the right equal-ops noises as Jules faces sexist stereotyping from friends and colleagues alike, while Ben proves himself an unexpected feminist flag-waver. A shame, then, that Rene Russo should be reduced to providing <em>Carry On</em>-style light relief as the office masseuse in a role that was presumably savagely reduced in the editing.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/04/the-intern-review-robert-de-niro">Continue reading...</a>The InternComedyRobert De NiroAnne HathawayFilmCultureSun, 04 Oct 2015 07:00:11 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/04/the-intern-review-robert-de-niroPhotograph: Francois Duhamel/PRAnne Hathaway and Robert De Niro in The Intern. Photograph: Francois DuhamelPhotograph: Francois Duhamel/PRAnne Hathaway and Robert De Niro in The Intern. Photograph: Francois DuhamelMark Kermode, Observer film critic2015-10-04T07:00:11ZAnne Hathaway: five best momentshttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/02/anne-hathaway-five-best-moments
<p>As the Oscar-winning actor returns in the Nancy Meyers comedy The Intern, we take a look back at some of her finest moments</p><p>Making the difficult transition from Disney poppet to woman with Oscar, Anne Hathaway has managed an impressive grown-up career. Her latest film, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/23/the-intern-review-robert-de-niro-anne-hathaway">The Intern</a>, promises plenty of beautifully lit scenes of her in beautifully designed buildings wearing beautifully designed outfits.</p><p>But before you head to the cinema, armed with a pad to note which colours you think could work in your house, here are five of her greatest scenes.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/02/anne-hathaway-five-best-moments">Continue reading...</a>Anne HathawayFilmCultureBrokeback MountainLes MiserablesThe Dark Knight RisesRachel Getting MarriedFri, 02 Oct 2015 09:05:58 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/02/anne-hathaway-five-best-momentsPhotograph: Francois Duhamel/APPhotograph: Francois Duhamel/APBenjamin Lee2015-10-02T09:05:58ZThe Intern review – a too-sucrose Ephron-lite cringe-festhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/01/the-intern-review-nancy-myers-anne-hathaway-robert-de-niro
<p>Anne Hathaway is on hectoring and charmless form in Nancy Myers’ latest saccharine-fest, and not even Robert De Niro can save it</p><p>I sometimes have a bit of a sweet tooth for Nancy Meyers’s Ephron-lite diversions, but this, frankly … eww. The cutesiness factor and ickiness quotient are just too high. Writer-director Meyers flips the premise of The Devil Wears Prada by making Anne Hathaway the boss of a super-successful web-retail fashion business. She plays Jules – stressed and unsatisfied, like all career women, and now landed with an adorable old guy as her assistant, due to her firm’s forward-thinking policy of hiring “senior interns”. <br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/01/the-intern-review-nancy-myers-anne-hathaway-robert-de-niro">Continue reading...</a>The InternFilmCultureRobert De NiroAnne HathawayThu, 01 Oct 2015 21:15:03 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/01/the-intern-review-nancy-myers-anne-hathaway-robert-de-niroPhotograph: Francois DuhamelPhotograph: Francois DuhamelPeter Bradshaw2015-10-01T21:15:03ZNancy Meyers: ‘I don’t see a lot of movies about complicated women … I think it’s gotten worse’https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/01/nancy-meyers-the-intern-interview-women-hollywood
From Private Benjamin to The Intern, Nancy Meyers has championed women’s stories in Hollywood for 35 years. Why are there so few directors like her?<p>It wasn’t until I rushed out of my interview with Nancy Meyers, five panicky minutes early, in order to express some milk in Claridge’s hotel bathroom, having given birth three weeks ago that I realised something: I wasn’t interviewing Meyers – I was a character in one of her movies.</p><p>Throughout her 35-year career, Meyers – who is, by some measure, the most commercially successful female writer and director in Hollywood – has focused on what she describes as “telling women’s stories”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/01/nancy-meyers-the-intern-interview-women-hollywood">Continue reading...</a>The InternFilmCultureRobert De NiroAnne HathawayFilm industryBusinessWomenLife and styleThu, 01 Oct 2015 14:04:27 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/01/nancy-meyers-the-intern-interview-women-hollywoodPhotograph: Sarah Lee for the GuardianPhotograph: Sarah Lee for the GuardianHadley Freeman2015-10-01T14:04:27ZThe Intern – video reviewhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2015/oct/01/the-intern-video-review
<p>In a clip from <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2015/oct/01/the-martian-video-review">this week’s Guardian film show</a> Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Peter Bradshaw review Nancy Meyers’ The Intern, a comedy about a pensioner (Robert De Niro) who takes on a job as a senior intern at an online clothes retail company run by a stressed working mum (Anne Hathaway). Co-starring Rene Russo and Pitch Perfect’s Adam Devine, The Intern is released in the UK on Friday 2 October</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2015/oct/01/the-intern-video-review">Continue reading...</a>The InternFilmCultureComedyRobert De NiroAnne HathawayThu, 01 Oct 2015 12:27:26 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2015/oct/01/the-intern-video-reviewPhotograph: guardian.co.uk140x84 trailpic for The Intern - video reviewPhotograph: guardian.co.uk140x84 trailpic for The Intern - video reviewXan Brooks, Henry Barnes, Peter Bradshaw, Tom Silverstone, Dan Susman and Joan Portillo2015-10-01T12:27:26Z